Since then I’ve become a father, finished the podcast, and had the help of a few generous friends to sift through all that footage. I’m excited to tell you that we are almost at the end of that part of the process! We have almost logged the 60 hours of new footage and I am capturing it to my computer as I write this! Soon we will be able to begin editing the EPILOGUE to the podcast which is the first step toward eventually working on a longer format piece.

Below are a few pictures of a recent “footage day” we had to help get this video into the computer so we can show you what happened on our most recent trip (which does not seem like it was 6 months ago)! I can’t wait for you to see it and share with you the awesome experience we had back in March!

Here are some pics of people volunteering to log tapes:

Rachael logging footage

Parrish logging footage

Joey logging footage

A special thanks to Luke, Joey, Parrish, Rachael, and Casey for volunteering their time to help get this footage ready to edit!

See you all back here soon!

Evan

The location of the event is at the Brown Coat Theater (111 Grace St.).  Hopefully we will see you there!

When we arrived I wanted to organize. So, on day two we tore up a pad of paper and wrote the dates we will be here on each sheet. Then we created a bunch of other sheets with different things we hoped to accomplish, creating a make-shift calendar on one of the walls in the house we are in (if you have read this blog in the past you know that this is how I stay pseudo-organized). But I was still feeling like I couldn’t have everything in place.

Have you ever hoped that you were doing the right thing – but you weren’t totally sure that you were? I remember once reading in the Bible that Jonathan, the son of the king of Israel was going to battle with an enemy – and all he had with him was his servant. And so they’re sitting on the side of this hill – and the guys that they’re there to fight are on the other side. And then Jonathan says the strangest thing to his servant… he says “Let’s do this – Perhaps God will be with us.”

I read that, and was thinking “What???”

“Perhaps the Lord will be with us!”

Then these two guys go over the hill to the small army on the otherside and defeat them all.

I think that I felt the same way when I came to Congo this time. I wasn’t really sure what I was doing. Did we really need to come back? Will we find something new that will help tell the story of the people of Congo? Perhaps God will provide?

So far He has. We have been getting things that we never expected!

I hope that you will continue to follow the journey of Robin and Wendy here over the next few months as we wrap up the video podcast and begin to figure out what the next step for the Congocast project is!

In the meantime – here is a pic of the mess that is the editing station where this video podcast is put together:

Check back soon for more info about when the next Episode will go online (We are shooting for January 14th if all the translation works out) so check back soon!

We are so grateful for your patience and excitement (to those of you have written on our comment section and emailed us)!  We hope that you will tune in and help us change what is happening in the DR Congo!

Spread the word about what is happening in the DRC!

If you haven’t watched the news (particularly ABC News) this week – then you wouldn’t know that the DRC has been getting some much needed attention in the American press this week by way of actor – and now activist – Ben Affleck.  After making two trips to the DRC this last year to learn about how he could help – he decided to take a crew from ABC News along for his latest journey into the heart of darkness.

The result is a very moving piece that highlights the need to an end to the conflict in the DR Congo and some much needed attention for the Congolese people.  We threw it up on the updates page – but we figured we would post the story again here – it is worth watching – and especially worth passing along to help people see what is happening in the DRC.

To check out the story go here http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/story?id=5234555&page=1

And in other news…

Over the last few weeks – the DR Congo has been getting some attention from our local news by way of the congocast.  You can check out an article in the latest North Brunswick Magazine about Evan Vetter and Congocast.org by clicking here.

The congocast was also featured on the local news (WECT) in a story about Robin Tabbiner and Wendy Merritt and their involvement with the Congocast project.  You can visit that story here.

LINKS:

NBM Story: http://www.thenbm.com/show/congo.htm
WECT Story: http://www.wect.com/global/story.asp?s=8461081

Don’t let it stop here!

Check out the links – it is exciting that the word is getting spread – but don’t let it stop here!  Please keep passing along the Congocast.org podcast to your friends as well as the above news story.  There is so much more to be done in the DR Congo – and the first step is helping to raise the awareness of what is happening as we work together to create change in the DRC!

We hope that you have had a chance to check it out and pass the word along about this episode. You can pass along these links below to friends and family to help them get caught up with the story in the DR Congo with the links below:

http://www.congocast.org/episode12.php
http://youtube.com/watch?v=R6VRG-Iz034
http://www.vimeo.com/1159936